the Amish abstain from participation in military service, as they believe that
participation in war violates the Biblical injunction "thou shalt not kill." Although
the Amish do not receive higher education, they are literate and well educated in
...

Overview The Amish reside in more than 200 settlements in twenty-six of the
United States, mostly east of the Mississippi. The three most populous states are
Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana. New settlements form yearly, whereas others ...

+ AMISHAMISH A Christian sect numbering about 250,000 in North America,
the Amish separated from the Mennonites in 1693 under the leadership of Jakob
Ammann. Often recognized by external factors such as plain clothing, the use of ...

The Amish began arriving in 1824. In that year the German Block, as it became
known, in the centre of Wilmot Township was surveyed by John Goessman. Each
family received twenty hectares of free land, provided that a house was built and
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Cousineau AMISH A subset of groups of the larger Anabaptist
movement. By the 1690s, Anabaptists had migrated from Switzerland into the
Alsace region in present-day France. A quarrel between these Alsatian
Anabaptists and ...